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a Murderer Arraigned.

BoSroS, Jan. flames Edward Nowling,
perpetrator of the terrible murder OF George
A. Goldman, was arraigned in the Somervllle
court this morning and pleaded not guilty.
He was committed, without bail, for trial.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-08
The Gate City Guards snubbed.

ATLANTA, Ca, Jan. lit has just been
learned that the British government refuses
to allow the Gate City guards to enter Eng.
land. II is supposed this action was taken
because Captain Burke is an lrishman. The
guard proposes to make q tour of the princi-
pal, cities. OF the continent in full uniform
ana bearing arms. By special invitation
present al several of Sheir public mapeuyers.
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Nominations rs the President.

WAsHlNGroN, Jan. The president to-
day sent the following nominations 10 the
senate: Postmasters-Samuel Brown, sr,,
RayenswOod Michael f. Cunningham, Glib
son City, ILL.,. Henry j. Wilkinson, Granite
Falls, MINI. Treasury-ROOert Brand, of
Illinois, surveyor of customs port of Galena,
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Extension of the Grand Trunk.

MONTREAL, Jan The morning papers
say the Grand Trunk railroad will shortly
have a connection with Duluth. The inde-
pendent line is TO be built by New York
capitalists from Duluth To Sault ST. Marie.
TO which point the Grand Trunk will extend
its system. 3. -. - To-.
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LoNpoS, Jan. THE Bulgarian delegates
expressed a Willingness TO accept the Duke
o. Luchtcnburg the latest candidate pro.
posed for the bulgarian throne, WuO il is Tll-
morrd, is favored by Russia.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-08
Mississippi Commission Criticisms.

WAsHlNGToN, Jan. THE secretary of
war to-day transmitted to congress a com
munication from the Mississippi river COM
mission submitting remarks upon the re-
quirements of the river and harbOr act of
August 3 1856, THAT no works of bank pro-
lection or revetment shall be executed any
where on the Mississippi river until after it
shall be found that the completion of the
permeable contracting works will not secure
the desired stability of river banks" The
communication says this requirement is
based on the totally unrecogniZed theory
that the river, II once regulated will not
scour its natural banks. On this general OBJ
seryation, as applied to the Mississippi, 1t
says: "ln the opinion of the commission,
the idea that the Mississippi river can be per
manently improved by contraction works
alone is surely visionary and theoretical, con-
tradlcted by experience and not supported by
any good authority. 70 adopt such system
waste public money"
Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-08
NJ. Kollock has been extended one month for
sickness.

= = - IATITNIWSHI EF~.
T. II. Tibbs and wife, of Bancroft, Ncb.,
are at the Ebbtt
Mrs. Mauderson, at her reception to-day,
was assisted by Mrs McCook Mrs Fulton
Mrs. Stevens, of New York, Miss Collier. OF
Omaha, and the Misses Dixie, OF Brooklyn.
of Mrs. Cleveland, and spent an hour with
her Yesterday BY invitation.
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The New Russian Iine.

ST. rEFEEsBUEG, Jan, THE Russian
military commission has decided TO adopt a
new repeating rifle Tor the use of the army
and orders for large numbers OF tnat weapon
have been given.
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Democratic Congressional Nominees.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 7.--The democratic
congressional convention at Eau Clare to-
day nominated DR.. Samuel johnson, of ST..
CrOiX for the long term, and Joseph Bardeen,
of Superior, for the short term made vacant
by the death Of Representative Price.
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Army leaves granted: Captain John III.
Calef, Second artillery, Fort Monroe, ten
days extension; Lieutenant Frank b. An
drus, Fourth infantry, Boise barracks, Idaho.
two months, with permission to apply for
two months, extension; Lieutenant Alfred
Hasbrouck, ir., and Lieutenant Henry c.
Cabem. jr., Fourteenth infantry, Vancouver
barracks, Wyoming territory, one month
each, with permission to apply for three
months extension; Captain James f. Simp-
son, Third cavalry, Fort Davis Texas, six
months sick leave.
Army orders: First Lieutenant Walter L.
Fisk and Second Lieutenant c. +. Gillette,
OF the engineer corps, have been ordered 10
be examined for promotion by an examining
board appointed December l3.
The leave of First Lieutenant William
Crozier ordnance department has been ex-
tended till April /.
For sickness Captain James +. Simpson.
Third cavalry, is granted six months leave
Tor disability
The leave Of acting AsslstantSurgeon John
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-05-05
City Government Meeting.

The regular meeting of the city council for May
was held on Monday evening.
Roll of accounts amounting to s2s5l S3 was pass
ed.
The committee on petition of George Gilmore for
an abatement of taxes his home farm for the
years 1896. reported that he should pay the
same.
The bills Of a. j. Stevens, II. II. Smallcy and II.
F. Mason. for breaking roads Apr end, were pai(,
after reducing the bills of the two first named
Licenses were granted to Henry Staples, bowl
ing alley; C. NJ. Knowlton and Charles OConneIl,
billiards; John c. Robbins innholler and j. ID.
Tucker, auctioneer.
Dana Is. SOuthwOrth was appointed SuperlnteM-
dent Of Grove Cemetery.
J. C. Gates, collector of taxes for 1885, reported
that he had collected to date $34,32545
DIR. d. r. Flanders and David Pierce resigned
from the board of health, and DR.. A. c. Filing.
wood and L. T. Shales elected In their stead.
The committee on investigation of police court
and tramp question asked for further time, which,
was granted.
George L. johnson and others petitioned for n
sidewalk on Elm street, extending from Cedar to
Church streets. Referred.
The committee to whom was referred the pcti-
tiOn of Arnold Harris to change the drain from
Masonic Temple reported petitioner leave to with
draw.
The Police Judge reported as follows for the
month of April: Drunkenness, .; vagabontlage,
s; assault and battery, 2; assault, l.
The following orders were passed:
That the highway surveyor for the city district
be ordered to build sidewalk on Union street, to
Allyn street, also from Union to High on Bell
street. The sum of fifty dollars was given to
Thomas II. Marshall Post, G. A. r.. to assist de-
fraying the expenses Of Memorial Day. The
highway surveyor of Central district was instruct
ed to use the blanks already landed in the con-
struction Of sidewalk with enough material add
ell to complete the same on Pearl street from the
east line Of William Aldus lot to Union street..
Alderman Brown was made a committee Oh re.
pairing the city rooms.
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A Statement from Mr.. W. B. Bowley.

To THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL: should
paper, a few statements that have been made
and which consider it Il duty to the pablo as
well rs myself to answer, i'll regard to school
affairs in school Dist. No. 5, of Scarsinont.
wish to make my statement and then to for
ever drop the matter. The charges that have
been made are these: L. that have reported
that certain persons lrHfuWy made a noise
while passing the school house. and disturbed
the school while in session; ,, that allowed
the scholars to destroy the school house while
under my care. In reply to these charges |
will state that those who have reported them
are not the officers Of the District or town
neither are they people who have scholars or
take an interest in education, farther than to
try and run the school in such way that it
will be IA profit to themselves. The first charge
l will not deny, neither do ! wish to do so.
further than to strike out the word 'wilfuly."
tathough it seems to me that l would not be
far from right in retaining it, As to the sec
ond, it Is an erroneous. trumped up charge,
made Of whole cloth, as can be proven by the
agent, or supervisor. Further. will say that
any and all charges brought by them are base,
calumnious accusations not worthy the notice
of the public, As investigation will show.
Thanking my many friends for espousing my
cause in the matter, remain
Yours truly, W. b. BowLEY.
Hope, Me-, April %, 1SS7
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Mt. Desert Correspondence.

SOUTHWEST IIAREoR, ME-, May }, 1887. Steam
CT Cilnbria Of the Bangor and Bar Harbor Steam
boat Co. made her first trip here of the season last
Saturday. Levi Lurvcy and Caleb SAWYER
leave to-day for Portland to attend the annual
meeting of the Masonic Grand Lodge. III H.
Clark is removing an old shed on the stcambo; (
wharf to widen the thoroughfarc from the wharf
to the street We hope now that Mr. C. or the
agents of the steamers making landings Eat this
summer resort will fit up Il building suitable for a
waiting room and put In stove, SO that passen-
gers can have Il comfortable chance to wait for
steamers in winter weather, instead of going to
the nearest store in the past. The recent
rain storm of last week caused lots of washouts in
our roads :. Miss Pruly Perkins Of Castine ar.
rived yesterday, and will teach the spring term of
school in district No. 3......U Uncle Tom Stanley of
little Cranberry Island, recently bought ii yoke of
oxen and while transporting them from this place
to little Cranberry Isles Of them in some way
got overheard and started out for the main land
1t was some time before he could be headed of and
a rope attached to him. Several boats put of from
the Island and assisted in the chase, and lowed
him to the shore, distance of about one half mile
Mr. Stanley thought he had lost his OK and re.
| marked that as sure as his name was Tom Stanley
he would never have anything more to do with
carrying cattle down to the Island.
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Waldo County Medical Association.

The annual meeting of the Waldo county Med
fsil association was held at the Club OF Thirty
rooms, in Belfast, Tuesday. The attendance was
not large. Dr. Ii. II. johnson, of Belfast, read a
paper on Diagnosis of Organic Diseases of the
Heart" which was discussed. No other paper was
read, as those who were assigned were absent.
The following officers were elected
&C. klgore Belfast President; Z. Small, Bel
fast, Vice President; A. c. Ellingwood, Belfast,
Secretary; J. Nj. Fletcher, Belfast Treas
The next meeting will be held in Belfast the first
Tuesday in August. The following is the pro
gramme for that meeting:
NJ. I. Dodge. Troy, Diphtheria; Geo. A. Libby,
Brooks, Eml,olism of the brain; L. Small, Bel
fast, Obstetrica forceps and their use; J. W Pear
sons, Morrill,, GonorrhOc and its Seguelae; j. NJ
Fletcher, Belfast subject to be selected by himself
Altcrnates: $. W. johnson, Belfast, Disease of
Women; +. A. Porter, Liberty. Diagnostic value
" reflex patela movements and ankle clonus in
!, diseases of the nervous system.
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IN MEMORIAM.

+. l.. {.
Dear friend, how strange it seems to me
70 see thee sleep with folded hands,
For thou hast crossed the boundary
That hides from us the unseen lands.
do not count thy friendship lost
Though fate has kissed thine cyeli'ls still,
Through death we feel the bitter cost
OF life, and Gods unchanging will.
But unseen chords of harmony
Still pulse in tune with Natures heart.
And unseen bonds of sympathy
Shall ever have a life apart
How oft in peaceful days of yorc,
We watched the distant glittering stars,
And saw the sun his radiance pour
Far down the darkening golden bars.
How oft we stood by wave washed shore
IN friendships sweet and tender grace.
And watched the purpling shadows grow,
Where wave met rock i'm soft embrace
The days are long, but faith and fate
Are linked with loves own shining tears,
And hope and trust, though tarrving late
Shall mark the boundary line Of wears.
Far, far beyond these eyes of mine,
Beyond this batfled mortal sight.
l see thee IN a youth divine
Bathed sweet In an immortal light
No shadows dark can long estrange
The hearts to friendships music set,
And death can bring no endless change
10 souls where mcmory's links have met
HELEN n. PACKARD,
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The rrlbulatIons and Trials Of Belfast Rumsellers

The new law has not yet been enforced in Bel
fast but the liquor sellers are having an uncom-
Portable time of it under the old law. There were
five indictments the present term Of court and
several sellers were brought to trial under former
indictments and convicted There are now four
liquor sellers in this city who have been convicted
of second offence the penalty for which is IA fine
of $500 and Imprisonment of four months, and in
default of payment of fine they must undergo four
months additional Imprisonment. Motion for new
trials and appeals to the Law court have been
taken, but this only postpones the inevitable. The
Law court will no doubt sustain the court below,
and there Will then he but two alternatives for the
victims-they must either go to Jail or run away.
In the latter event their sureties forfeit $500.
Many of the liquordealers here as elsewhere have
not renewed their United States license, thereby
hVltlng trouble from revenue officials. If they
procure license it is prma facia evidence of sale
II they Ito not procure it the government will pun
ish them Truly the way Of the transgressor is
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-05-05
The Pine Tree ShlllIngs.

A Castine correspondent writes under date April
18th as follows: Two errors occur in the reference
which your Searsport correspondent makes in
~ issue of the 2lst inst. to the Pine Tree sh
lings owned there. They were not found In Cas-
tine, but in Penobscot near the second narrows of
the Bagaduce River, about six miles from Castine
village They were not sin an iron kettle, tightly
covered. but were near the surface of the ground,
loose, and little scattered and there trace
of whatever had contained them - and the infer
ence, therefore, Is that they In bag, some
slight covering that would easily decay. It might
also be added that there is no reason for supros-
ing they were left there by Robert Kidd or any
marine freebooter who would have been very un-
likely to have visited the place where they were
fount' to make any concealment; and IN fact there
Is absolutely no evidence as to the person, it being
entirely matter of conjecture. But the fact that
they were found close to the track Of an old carry
round the narrows; that they were not really bur
LED; and that there trace of the thing that
contained them, makes 1t probable that they were
left accidentally. or perhaps temporarily by some
one who intended to return and take them, but was
prevented. w.
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Hope, Me-, April 2G, 1851.

IN BRIEF. The latest reports from the fresh.
cts are that they are subsdins, except alon.
the st. CroiX, where the water continues to
rise and is doing much damagc.....The Cover
nor has appointed Henry l.. Mitchell, Bangor
General of the First Brigade, NJ. V. NJ, and
General George l.. Beal, Norway, Inspector
seneral......T Comptroller of the Currency
has authorized the Kineo National Bank, OF
Dover. Me-, capital $4,000, to begin business.
.......The American schooner yacht Coronet
passed the Lizard May on her way to New
York......The public debt statement for the last
month shows a total debt of 81 ,7O4.174,937; to-
tai debt less available cash $1,' O,O56. 49s; debt
less cash in the treasury May 1, 81 800, 170.459
The decrease of the debt during the month has
been $13053, O9S.......G damage has been
caused along the st. John River by the fresh.
cts. Broken booms, flooded lowands and
washouts are the rule to-day 1.-THE Rockland
City Government Monday night elected the
following Board of Health c. f. Littecld
Esq, Doctors $. ii. Boynton and +. +. Hitch.
cock. Also passed the wide tire ordinance
with reference to heavily laden teams
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Not to be continued IN our next,

The judge of the Belfast police court hay
Ing refused warrant to search for lioror on
unconstitutional, and repeatedly SO stated in
print, invited test case that the matter might
be Judicially decided. When it came to the
test, however, he backed squarely down, and
crawled ont of the predicament in which he
had placed himself, by pcttifoggcr. Judge
Emery was unwilling to believe that ANY one
could have set up SO absurd a claim rs that the
statute in question was Unconstitutional and a
private note just received from 4 prominent
gentleman says: "Why Sec. 40 has been in the
statute since 1881 and has passed a thousan,
times through all the courts-an.s now Judge
OF pitiful police court presames to over.
throw it! What a."
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-05-05
A Tribute to Mrs. Packard.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL: l say,
Mr.. Editor, are you aware that your CORE.
spondent, Helen n. Packard, is Il daisy? II
her husband isn't proud Of the prize lie drew
in the lottery of life, then all can say is that
he ought to be mopped all over the streets of
Springfield, have both of his eyes gouged out,
and his ears stuffed full of mud. should
even like to jump on him myself. Her great,
noble heart pleads in words of eloquence for
the justice so long delayed to the boys in blue.
The earnest words she has uttered have car
ried cheer to many respondent breast. How
many war-worn veteran, tottering upon the
verge of a pauper's grave, will turn towards
her and exclaim:
my heart is sad, my hopes are gone,
The blood runs cOldy through my breast;
And when perish, thou alone
Wilt sigh above my place of rest"
"And wilt thou weep when am low:
Sweet lady speak those words again;
But if they grieve thee say not SO,
would not give that bosom pain
Noble woman! How we should all like to
press her hand in grateful acknowledgment
of her kindly words. Would that our COM
AoNSo Wiz HdNC duSNClCu tllC llSl gICdl TOll
call of the brave could have had their dying
moments soothed by this glorious woman, who
is an ornament to her sex. Denied the justice
due them from land they fought to save, like
withered leaves they have fallen into that
dreamless sleep that lulls the dead Not only
powers in vigorous and eloquent prose, but in
the realm of pOcsy and graceful verse she has
but few equals. A little poem of hers recently
published in the Journal, entitled SIN Memo
riam," did not, fear, attract the attention that
its merits deserved. 1t is one of the most ten
der, sweet, and touching things l have ever
read. and deserves to be immortal. Its gentle
pathos will awaken a responsive chord in
every loving breast. To my mind It is almost.
If not fully, the equal of Tom Hoods famous
poem on the same subject, commencing with
these lines:
1--WE watched her breathing through the night,
Her breathing soft and low;
As through her breast the wave of life,
Kept heavinc to and fro
| should esteem 1t personal favor, Mr..
Editor, If you would republish the poem Of
Mrs Packards to which l allude, and in Il
more conspicuous position. After having their
attention called to it | feel confident there are
many who would like to preserve the poem on
account of its sweet simplicity. 1t would
bring balm to many bleeding heart whose
friends had been wrenched away by the ley
hand of death. In closing this brief tribute to
our noble FRIEND permit me, as one of '.the
boys" to Irvine the laurel wreath around her
patriot brow. Gratefully yours,
l.. G. BATEMAN.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-05-05
The Journal Supplement.

The Supplement issued with this weeks
Journal. to accommodate the pressure of adj
verti>ing and other matter, contains thirteen
columns of interesting reading. OF news we
give a full account of the Maine freshets; a
column each of Maine news, Gencraltics and
Literary; of correspondence, 4 very readable
Boston letter. and an article from George NJ.
Cole, on E'lucat ion; while the premium list of
the Waldo County Agricultural Society, a
description of the stock farm of \. f. Murray,
Burnham. and a sketch of Summer in Stockton
are of local interest. In addition there is Il re-
view of Mr.. Blaine'> new book. The Woman's
Column. and entertaining miscellany.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-05-05
A Symposium of Spring Poets.

The recent word CT warning to spring poets,
The animation that cord wood was preferred
to blank or BANKED verse, and that prose served
as well as poetry to light the Office fire, seems
to have had Il contrary effect. 1t precipitated
upon Us an avalanche of spring poets, even
while the snow drifts We're many feet high, and
the robins were shivering for want of ulsters
One Of our contributors, attuning his Tyre to
warlikc strains, sang of "'rhe Battle of Win
tcrport." His opening verse runs as follows:
The conflict has been raging, it was fearful and
strong,
Blu: We girled Oh our armor as we went march,
ing along.
1t was quiet Wintcrport acting like the old
Harry.
They tried with all their might and main to nut
down Elisha Arey.
a correspondent in another Waldo county
town dropped into verse in sending in his week
ly budget of items. Here is specimen
Some scounlrcl mad to show his might
Entered Hams mill Oh Thursday night
He took wrench and broke his saw,
Could Ira get him, he'd give him law.
Tublic opinion its finger of scorn
FONTS to man-it may he wrong.
Twas costly April fool for him,
The villain needs an ear of tin.
The poetic fire seems to have ragged through
out this section. The Stctson correspondent Of
the Eastern State was inspired by calico ball,
as follows:
If you will listen will tell in rhyme
OF what did happen on time,
When the boys and girls, both great and
small.
All went one night to a calico ball.
The dancers are then described by their
initials and the bawl concludes:
The dance began at half past Fine;
Each tried the other to ontsKine:
For both old and young, both small and biz,
They danced the hornpjpc and the jig.
But now my muse has taken flop.
And with these lines had better stop:
When it comes back, II it isn't too late,
will write some more for the Eastern
state.
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The Democratic party II in very bad way
according to its newspaper organs. The New
FORK Sun thinks the Democratic party is COINS:
to lose the labor vote, and the N. Y Herald
says that 'if it should lose the labor vote there
wouldn't be anything left of it except parcel
OF Old fossil wings who have been its bane
these many years.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-05-05

III Is sad that the anarchists have fixed upon
The year 1889 for great Socialistic revolution,
ana an elaborate programme has been arrang-
Ell by which the party of blood and rapine is
10 capture the country. Chicago is to be the
headquarters of the uprising; but it is under
stood the date was fixed at 1889 in difference IN
.he WISHES OF the "Mikado' of this city. who
mas private and a particular grudge he is
fairly aching to satisfy.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-05-05

In view of the fact that the Cincinnati En-
qulrer is a Democratic paper, the following Is
trlile tough: "Tho>c persons who expect TO
ind Cleveland declining the presidential! office
do not know the power of a salary of $50 Ooo .
year TO Il man who once took the Office of sher-
III and saved all the fees, including the hang
MANS